On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis presided over a chrism Mass at which more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations. Pope Francis encouraged the priests ...

On Holy Thursday, the doors of the Cenacle in Jerusalem were opened to welcome the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land. In this “Upper Room,” called the Cenacle in the Holy Land, Jesus had his ...

Easter is just around the corner! Many people began preparing for this religious event on Ash Wednesday and throughout the Lenten season. But before Easter weekend officially begins with Good Friday ...

Though most people know the religious meaning behind Easter, the days leading up to the spring holiday are important days for faithful Christians will honor the Biblical story of Jesus Christ. Holy ...

Easter is just days away, marking an end to the Lenten season — often observed by the religious as giving up something for weeks and abstaining from meat on Fridays — as the final days of Holy Week, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On the evening of March 28, the Rev. Rhey Garcia, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, commemorated the solemn Thursday before Easter Sunday — known as Holy Thursday — with a “Washing ...

This year the Catholic Church is living between two great Jubilees of St. Thomas Aquinas — the 750th of his death (1274) and the 800th of his birth (1225). His philosophical and theological works are ...

ORLEANS PARISH BUSINESS MEETING AT 530. WELL, IT IS HOLY THURSDAY AND OVER AT THE DOOKY CHASE RESTAURANT. HISTORIC SPOT, YOU CAN EXPECT A HEARTY BOWL OF GUMBO TODAY. THEIR BELOVED GUMBO CELEBRATING ...

Looking for simple ways to bring more prayer and meaning to the beautiful and solemn days leading up to Easter? These five traditions have remained favorite staples of the Holy Triduum in our home ...